Toronto news company CP24 reports that multiple witnesses heard gunshots outside Cube nightclub, which is located on a busy street in the city’s entertainment district. The report claims that two men and one woman were taken to hospital, but one of the males later died of his injuries.

Police are yet to confirm the identity of the deceased, but known associates of Smoke Dawg, including Drake and Mustafa the Poet have taken to social media to pay tribute.

Taking to Twitter, Mustafa the Poet wrote: “The worst day of my life, I somehow keep finding a new worst. Smokey is gone, may our prayers follow him to heaven.”

Sharing an instagram story with a picture of his fellow Toronto rapper, Drake wrote: “All these gifts and blessed souls and inner lights being extinguished lately is devastating. I wish peace would wash over our city. So much talent and so many stories we never get to see play out. Rest up Smoke.”

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